Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-25
THE NATIONAL DRILL.
IRE OLD DOMINION AND rHK OLD
NORTH STATE.
The Grsys Do Well The Parade To-Day
Virginia to Have the Post
Of Honor.
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anC good results were apparent to-ua!s
The camp Of the Virginia brigade was
marked by thorough discipline, and guard
duty was oNcellcntly well done-far better
than IN any other portion OF the encamp-
ment. The strength Of the Virginia bri-
eade was cased last night 10y the arrival
OF The battery from stanton and tie
Stonew al Brigade band The morning re-
ports showed 500 men present for duty In
the Virginia brigade. The sSme reports
showed that 2,5S5 men were present In the
entire cucsmpmtnt.
The -. Johns Academy cadets, which
have been assigned 10 the Third regiment
were day moved over to the camp OF the
cadet zee lmoDt. as was also the hattallon OF
Bcthd cadets. The cadet regiment viii
ratsde rs speci9l organization in the
shane a. a provisional battalion. This
morning She Third Virginia paradcd ut 2
O'Clock aud bad q full hours drill. part OF
the time on Pennsylvania avenue. The
First Virginia paraded at the grounds, and
also had an hours drlll, Colonel spots
wood was the 6eld-oiGcCr OF the day for
The entire cncampment.
pISCONroRTS.
The weather this morning was almost in
sufsrallv warm and there were signs OF
storm. The camp was beginning TO he
dusty ~ O'Clock this afternoon clouds
swept swiftly up, and there was heavy
Tain.st0gm. which sets things adOat. Very
few OF the tents leaked. Two or three
were blown down. The storm lasted half
an hour, when the sun shOnc out brightly,
sud any damages were quickly repaired.
The heat Of the day W., less felt in the y ir-r
ginia quarters than IN any other part Of tue
camp.
THE COMPETITIVE DRILL.
The competitive drills began to-day at 10
4. NJ The beat was so great that not over
1900 persons witnessed them. Though
succession OF spcctacles wa, interesting it
Was very faticu.ue.
The Altuchs Guard (colOred) was the
first company from Virginia to drill. 1t
va, inspected by the judges OF the drill at
q:lO. u entered the battle-ground, which is
great circle Of smooth lawn, and began
woIk ut - O'Clock, under commend OF
Captain l.. scott and Lieutenant, II. \.
Cobb and j. II. Grimes. Faults in the
drill were noticeable. several movements
M the programme were omitted. The
Wheclincs were iairly-wcll done, but the
firing Was poor. The company has calibrc-
20 ribs ana could obtain no blank
cartridges. At The expiration OF the half
hour allotted the company left the grounds.
The other cooTcd company, The state
Guard. vas inspected at $3.50 O'Clock, and
81 1880 O'Clock went on the battle-ground
under command o. Cptain K. A. Paul,
Sud Licutr1a1ts II. {. Gillian and r. A.
Harrison. The company followed the pro-
ermme pretty c'o.ely. II omitted right
turn. Errors were noticed in some OF its
movements. II did no; Use blank cartridges
ia going thruusI the tiriugS Tor the same
reason a., that gwen for the AttuchS Guard.
TIE GBAYS.
The Richmond GRAY, went on the drill
.ouud az 1880 p. ST., after having been IN
.rccicd early IN The day by the United
states Judges of drill. The cOmOlnv ap.
reared IN ,latc-scrvice uniform. with white
trousers. and made an excellent appear
auce. CAPTAIN Bo,sieuX had been gwen
the drill programme one hour DO ore en-
ttuug the grounds. The Grays were
cucGcd when they took pO,ihOn. The
following composed the company Captain
e. Gflv BOs>ieuX; Lieutcnants w. q.
stokes. +. &. Garrison; ~ergeantS J. III.
Gibbs, =. II. Goodc; CorpOralS Louis Ram
stctt,r. 4. J. Andrews, and George N.Y.
eIs; PIiNctes Baptist, \. l.. Davis,
Eppcs. Fink. L. l.. Gibbs, j. L.
Gibbs. Hcecmeycr, Haryie, Mckinney,
Minor, Phillips. snyder, steInbrecker,
shelton, sinnoi, TraylOr, Ironor, Worthen.
and WOmacb. The movements in line
were well executed, and some of the
wbeelings were literally appllnded. The
heat wa intense. and the men were great.
lv iaiixucd. The Trays were under Que
disadvantage which IS bard TO overcome.
several mcwbcrs Of the dril-team were
no, able TO he present, though tclegraphed
FOR. Richmond has every reason to be
proud II iho Grays. They omitted no
movements, and completed all in thirty
inmates.
GRAND PARADE.
order, have been ISSUED to-day that there
vii Doe no competitive drills tomorrow, a,
,ac grand parade will occupy toe attention
q al The troops. The next drills begin
Thursday at 10 O'Clock 4, 81.
1hi- afternoon at , O'Clock there were TO
lave been dress parade> Of tive provisional
latlahous 90 the du,l-gr0uud. but another
Iin ,amc mp aud they had TO be abandoned.
GOVERNORS DAY.
General tombstone Jones. 10 whom was
assigned the duty Of preparing the order
OF parade for Governors day, prepared the
i1t.oWinc. which was issued 10y General
Aueur in a general order this evening:
Tire ComwanCs viii parade tomorrow for
review by the President Of the United
state. NJ II O'Clock. For such purpose
troops win form IN the following order:
The Virginia troops, under Gene
Ial Anderson; Iirst provisional bat
l1.l0p. Louisville Legion, CJlOuel Cas-
tlcw,u commanding; second provisional
battalion, Colonel Home communal
ire: Thlrd lroyi-iOnal battalion, Colo
uel ". g. Moore: Fourth provisional b5t.
TALON. Mai,r ". r.. sheffield; Fifth pro-
vi.ionsl battalion, Colonel Baplcter; Sixth
provisional battalion, Colonel j. +. An
thony: seventh provisional bIiia'iOn (zOu-
syc,). Captain y. T.. Cord; Eighth pro-
vi,ious. battalion (cadots( Colonel j. sum
Bcr Rogers.
THE POST OF HONOR.
These division, Of troops into provision.
al l'talous Prove very convenient. The
Virginia ii.adp, which will hold the right
o.! ilc line. via form on y sllcet ready to
move at n a. O'Clock. The sixth proyi'
sivu.l hstialon has been placed under tho
command 81 Colonel ). +. Anthony. OF
Charlotte *. O., who j. colonel OF the
Fourth regiment, North Carolina state
Guard. The Governors Guard, OF
Ralci-h. y. g.. has been assigned TO this
battalion The Governors Guard, which
VII be- tie lrst cOmDany 10 enter the com
pcttyc dr.l TaursdaN, was out at drill
ih, morning, and devoted a couple Of
hour, 10 that work very proiitably. It's
ihc Youngest complny in camp, II Is said,
.ud certainly makes q good appearance.
IN McEILENr HEALTH.
General Anderson was found az his
lcdqusrter. his afternoon quite fatigued
Iy lcat. He reports the heslth Of his en-
uir command a. excellent, aud smllingly
i,rIled that their apUoiites also LETT
uo.lu. 90 he desired.
taorel L. IL. WaTdWeN, OF Maryland, |
S. i. s., assistant inspector OF rille-prectice, |
Informs me that the following entries from !
Virginia have been made tor individual |
competition at the rife range j. &. MorlDg |
sld Clarence Wyatt, OF The Richmond Light |
lui.niN Blues Colonel NJ. l.. Sp0tSwoOd,
oi the Fnst regiment; Sergeant Caring
top, Company 4, First regiment; Jon
i. Hart and Joseph y. Moore, Company
II, ThId regiment; W. + Davis and 4.
scott GIBBS, Company A, Fret regiment.
The AOiutsnt.Gcncral OF Virginia ia
formed Colonel Wardwol that twenty
five competitors would appear from Nir.
cinia. but The above-uamed arc all who
have reported. The Ile-ptactice takes
place Thursday at the Washington bar
iaCk-.
General Anderson said this evening that
ali Of hi, command which he expected was